Crush Du Jour: Travels in Europe

A lighthearted, photo-based project inspired by the concept of a love/crush (not serious love) and the [French soupe du jour : soupe, soup + du, of the + jour, day.] combined. As an artist and traveler with a romantic sensibility, I find beauty and novelty in a new environment and culture. This experience can be overwhelming, so this project also acts as an exercise in editing information.

Plato refined the concept of eros. Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself. Plato does not talk of physical attraction as a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, "without physical attraction". Plato also said Eros helps the soul remember beauty, and contributes to an understanding of spiritual truth. Lovers and philosophers are all inspired to tell the truth by eros, the god of love. The most famous ancient work on the subject of eros is Plato's Symposium, a dialogue among seven men (including Alcibiades), reclining in a Greek symposium, in which Socrates reveals his knowledge about the nature of eros, inspired by the teaching of Diotima of Mantinea. Eros, in the Socratic logos, can be defined as the longing for wholeness or completeness, a daemon whose aim is to reach wisdom without ever owning her and is used to describe fulfillment between man/woman and man/God. (Wikipedia.com)

The project is to select one "crush" object (of origin animal, mineral or vegetable) to feature daily and to share with anyone who is interested. I hope to post a new item and small blurb daily on my 4 week trip to Europe. The intention is for friends and family to check in and enjoy a photo of something of interest on my trip to Europe, and an opportunity to respond or react online.
I hope you will join me!